CVE-2020-6509 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free9 documents7 sources
Severity
9.6CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 83.0.4103.116
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 83.0.4103.116
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 83.0.4103.116-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 83.0.4103.116-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jv2p-68ph-w4mw: Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-6509: Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83↗2020-07-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions↗2020-06-22
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-6509↗2020-06-22
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Debian
CVE-2020-6509: chromium - Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an ...↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6509 chromium: chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions [fedora-all]↗2020-06-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6509 chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions↗2020-06-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6509 chromium: chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions [epel-all]↗2020-06-23
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